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Children with learning difficulties and autism treated horrifically, finds Government report
31 October 2019 | News
The Government's Joint Committee on Human Rights is calling for urgent change ... in the way that young people with learning difficulties and/or autism are treated in detention in mental health ... of conditions for children taken away from their families and homes, calling conditions 'horrific', which cause ...
BBC In Touch: Liz Sayce on Access to Work
06 January 2015 | News
Last night Liz Sayce, CEO of Disability Rights UK was interviewed about Access to Work (AtW) on BBC In Touch ... this but its effectiveness is blunted by payment delays and a perceived culture of suspicion that recipients do not ... raised a number of concerns over AtW. They have highlighted problems with payment delays, poor administration and a ...
Increase in Disabled people’s use of food banks
02 November 2023 | News
... by the Scottish Centre for Social Research, on the extreme financial hardship faced by Disabled people. The new report focuses especially on the use of food banks and the reasons for a sharp increase in their use. The new ... increase in food bank use is partly driven by structural issues, particularly highlighting the disability benefits ...
Ombudsman upholding two-thirds of adult social care complaints
19 November 2017 | News
The local government and social care ombudsman upheld 63% of adult social care complaints in 2016/2017, 10% higher than the average across all ... in 2016/2017 included measures to address “systemic problems”, it said, such as instigating procedural changes ...
DWP to decide PIP claims using unlawful and discriminatory rules until summer 2018
19 April 2018 | News
In December 2017, a High Court decision found that PIP ... appealing this decision but Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Esther McVey has now confirmed that the DWP ... published. This Guidance is expected to be published in ‘early' Summer 2018 with first payments, based on it, ...
Understanding the Intersection: Unemployment Disparities Among Disabled Individuals at the Crossroads of Ethnicity
25 January 2024 | News
... report by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) delves into the intersectionality of ethnicity and disability in relation to unemployment rates in England and Wales, using data from Census 2021. The findings ...
Official data flags impact of inflation on Disabled people
03 November 2022 | News
More than half of Disabled adults (55 per cent) are struggling to pay their energy bills and around a third (36 per cent) are having problems paying their rent or mortgage, according to Office ...
DR UK comments on the government response to the Taylor review
12 February 2018 | News
... 53 recommendations. The review considered a range of issues, including the implications of new forms of work, the rise of digital platforms and the impact of new working models on employee and worker ... are that of employment rights (where they ask about problems faced among particular groups of workers; there ...
15,000 die before getting their share of £970 million ESA underpayment
19 December 2018 | News
Earlier this year, a report by the National Audit Office and a Public Accounts Committee report estimated 70,000 disabled people had been underpaid ESA following their migration from incapacity benefit. This was due to ... that could be affected. It expects to complete its review and pay arrears to all cases back to their date of ...
Government To Be Taken To Court Over Work Capability Assessment Reforms
07 May 2024 | News
... rights campaigner has been granted permission to bring a judicial review of the Government consultation over reforms affecting Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Universal Credit (UC). Ellen ... on them. Around 230,000 people with serious mobility problems preventing them from working could miss out on the ...